Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | This takes the form of a stripe , band or patch of dark colour that runs right through the eye and effectively makes it invisible . |
| 2 | MARGARETE Buber-Neumann lived and suffered much in the eye of the storm of history that tore Europe apart , and died just as the world was watching incredulously what seems to be the great schism 's healing . |
| 3 | But the sooty is ‘ blacker ’ above with a white forehead that extends only to the eye , while on the bridled the white forehead extends over and a little way beyond the eye . |
| 4 | It is as part answer to that question that I have put forward the notion of language as screen , the dazzling play of words and tones , fragments , sequences , movements this way and that — calls constantly to the eye and ear of the reader . |
| 5 | Distance and size , says Berkeley , are seen in the way that ‘ we see shame or anger in the looks of a man ’ ; though invisible themselves , these feelings are ‘ let in by the eye along with colours and alteration of countenance , which are the immediate objects of vision ’ . |
| 6 | The high cheekbones , ’ he ran his finger from her chin to just below the eye . |
| 7 | The ‘ cheekbone ’ , which runs down from just behind the eye , is cut back so that it will finish up barely in proud of the surface . |
| 8 | It is caught by a hook on the bobbin case carrier at a point just above the eye of the needle when on its upward stroke . |
| 9 | Hold it to the light , with the eye pointing up and down , and you should observe that the thickness of the shaft is scalloped away by 50% just above the eye on the rear face . |
| 10 | Arsenal manager George Graham said : ‘ Ian was hit just above the eye . |
| 11 | The flying hairdryer hit him just above the eye , flex trailing like the tail of a kite , and as he swatted it away the plug whipped around and smacked into his teeth . |
| 12 | Mallachy , however , unfettered by the arms of Arthur Dooley , hurled his glass , which caught Terence in the face , just above the eye , and broke . |
| 13 | It might be it 's just under the eye |
| 14 | Daily Eye Benefits boost microcirculation and so coaxes excess fluid away from the eye area in order to reduce puffiness . |
| 15 | Some of these planes seem to recede away from the eye into shallow depth , but this sensation is always counteracted by a succeeding passage which will lead the eye forward again up on to the picture plane . |
| 16 | In fact , it does n't matter how remote , how poor is the resemblance of an insect to a stick , there must be some level of twilight , or some degree of distance away from the eye , or some degree of distraction of the predator 's attention , such that even a very good eye will be fooled by the remote resemblance . |
| 17 | For a moment they looked at each other square in the eye . |
| 18 | An animal , when threatening to attack another , will stare the intended victim squarely in the eye . |
| 19 | He will look you squarely in the eye , with a steady gaze . |
| 20 | If he can look that prospect squarely in the eye and both parties cut out the cheap jibes , they will see that they are talking the same language . |
| 21 | The photograph was of a woman with a broad face who looked the camera squarely in the eye without a smile . |
| 22 | Melissa was beginning to wish the conversation had never started ; the last thing she wanted was to become embroiled in a dispute between two women she hardly knew , but Rose was looking her squarely in the eye as if demanding a response to her outburst . |
| 23 | ‘ I ca n't tell you that , Folly , ’ he said at last , raising his head again to look her squarely in the eye . |
| 24 | Then she looked the German squarely in the eye . |
| 25 | She looked him squarely in the eye , and her lips twitched . |
| 26 | Thus to the eye fracture appears to be instantaneous . |
| 27 | The work in progress is complex , and can only proceed through use of method and skill , not by the eye alone . |
| 28 | mercifully , it is drawn aside through the eye |
| 29 | In the first issue of Nord-Sud , a periodical which appeared in 1917 with the purpose of reintegrating and stimulating artistic life in Paris , Reverdy , feeling that some kind of objective evaluation of Cubism was by this time possible , wrote : ‘ Today for a privileged few the discipline can be taken for granted , and as they never sought for an art that was cold , mathematical and anti-plastic , wholly intellectual , the works which they offer us appeal to the lover of painting directly through the eye and the senses . |
| 30 | Now we cross to the other side of the no go area but turning is called tacking , and so to make ground for wind width we have to go in a series of zig-zags , each time turning for about ninety degrees and see that the sail is kept full most of the time only flapping momentarily as the boat turns directly through the eye of the wind . |